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Axis Group Benefits is offering a new supplemental medical insurance policy, HealthGap, which complements an employee’s qualified major medical policy by reimbursing covered upfront and out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and coinsurance. The ...

The Minister of Health has denied allegations of discrimination over which healthcare providers can be included under the standard healthcare benefit in advance of a protest today. Patients of the Hamilton Medical Centre are expected to protest this ...

Dear Sir, I wish to get something off my chest. I am a chartered engineer who retired from Belco a couple of years ago. As a Bermudian, I am appalled by the shocking cost for the low level of specialist healthcare on the island. My healthcare insuran...

A US celebrity doctor who visited Bermuda this week highlighted concerns about the excessive centralisation of decision-making in healthcare. Drew Pinsky added that it was important for patients to be informed and to have options for health coverage....

Computer challenges have caused delays to HIP and FutureCare statements, according to the Health Insurance Department. A spokeswoman said that a problem with invoice software had meant that billing statements for the month of April had not been gener...

A member of a steering committee involved in the Government’s plans for universal health coverage said that the group was impartial and had “robust, open” talks. Kirsten Beasley highlighted that everyone on the island has an interest in strengthening...

The Ministry of Health launched its Bermuda Health Strategy 2022–2027 last month in a bid to make sure that everyone has access to essential, quality health services without suffering financial hardship. FIONA McWHIRTER takes a look at some of th...

An eight-point plan was unveiled yesterday as part of the Government’s efforts to improve the health system. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Bermuda Health Strategy 2022-2027 put people at its heart. She explained: “One of the highlights...

An uninsured senior who was treated by emergency room doctors for two bouts of dizziness has been sent a bill for almost $12,000 by the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Lloyd Williams, 77, and his wife, Mildred, 70, were stunned to receive two invoices total...

A doctor today claimed it was “a possibility” that politics was behind the Bermuda Health Council’s refusal to give him Standard Health Benefit status. JJ Soares also said he worried that the island was moving towards a system where the Government is...

A doctor has welcomed an interim ruling that allowed his clinic to continue to provide services under the Standard Health Benefit. JJ Soares said the Court of Appeal decision meant that an application for SHB status for Hamilton Medical Centre, where...

An insurance company has backed plans for a major shake-up of the healthcare system. Peter Lozier, the chief executive of Argus Americas, said the company shared the Government’s “vision to provide access to quality, affordable healthcare to every Be...